Locking mechanism for trunks.



N. A. REINHARD. LOCKING MECHANISM FQR TRUNKS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8.1916.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

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1,28%,291a Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

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WITNESSES. IN VENTOR I I" V ZZZ/ATTORNEYS N. A. REINHARD.

LOCKING MECHANISM FOR TRUNKS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8. 1916.

1,28%,291. Patented Oct. 22, 1918* 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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NORMAN A. REINHARD, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIG-NOR TO HENRY LIKLY & COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

LOCKING MECHANISM FOR TRUNK-S.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NORMAN A. REIN- HARD, of Rochester, in the county; of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Looking Mechanisms for Trunks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full. clear, and exact description of thesame reference being had to the accompanying,v drawings, forming. a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention has for its object to provide an improved locking mechanism for trunksor other cases, and\ it relates particularly to the so-called wardrobe trunks which comprise a wardrobe section and :a body section usually containing a plurality of drawers, said locking mechanism embodying means for securing the sections of the trunk together and for preventing the displacement of thedrawers when the trunk sections are closed and 'alsoi' securing them against being opened by unauthorized persons when the trunk itself is unlocked. More specifically stated,;the invention comprehends a trunklocking mechanism embodying interlocking members located within the trunk sections which are moved into and out of engagement by an exteriorly positioned ac tuating member which. is controlled by a separate key lock. To these and other ends the. invention consists in certain improvements andcombinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully; described, tht novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the sections of a trunk upon which is illustrated a portion of the locking mechanism embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevational view showing one of the trunks in an open position and illustrating the arrangement of the compartments which are adapted to be controlled by the locking mechanism;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the trunk with the sections in locked position;

Fig. & is a sectional view through the top 'of the trunk showing the hinged sections and one of the compartments in locked. position, and

, Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view illustrating the manner of connecting the key controlled lock with the interior looking mechanism of the trunk.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate the same parts.

The present inventionis adaptable for use in connection with various forms of trunks and cases upon which it may be desired to provide suit-able locking mecha nisms. In the present instance however, I have shown one embodiment of the invention in connection with a wardrobe trunk in which the locking mechanism for the trunk proper as well as for the drawers or trays of the trunk are both operated by the closing and opening of a single locking element mounted upon the trunk.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 represents one of the sections of a trunk and 11 the other, the latter preferably being the hinged or movable section. The section 10 is provided with a brace 12 preterably in the form of a shelf as shown in Fig. 1. The section 10 is provided with a series of drawers 13 one of which is supported by the brace or shelf 12. The remaining drawers with the exception of the bottom one are carried by supports 14 at one side of the trunk and at the other side by supports 15, the front and back ends of which are supported by cleats 16 and 17 respectively, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The cleat 16 is cut away as indicated at the points 18 to provide clearance for a pair of catches or looking members 19 rigidly connected with a slidably mounted bar-20 secured by and movable in guide straps 21 at one side of the trunk section 10 as indicated in Figs. 1 and 4:. A link 22 is pivotally connected at 23 to a hinge section 24 secured upon one extremity of the bar 20. The opposite end of the link is pivotally connected at 25 to an inwardly extending lever arm 26 projecting through an opening 27 in the side of the trunk, the lever arm being suitably connected with a lock carrying arm 28 which is pivotally mounted at 29 upon a support 30 secured to the trunk section 10. Any suitable type of lock may be used 4 by a key is adapted to engage a stop, (not shown) which is carried by the lock receiving member 33 securely mounted upon the trunk body. The locking catches 19 are rovided with notches 34 upon one side of which extends a forwardly and downwardly positioned finger 35, adapted when the trunk sections are substantially closed to preferably ride upon a catch securing member in the form of a pin projection 36 until the latter is forced into the notch 34 as shown in Fig. 4, such operation being effected by mo ing the lock 31 to the position shown in Fig. 5. The catch securing member 36 is preferably supported at its opposite ends by a pair of spaced plates 37 and 38 brought together at 39 and secured upon the trunk section 11 as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, the finger 35 of the catch 19 being adapted to extend between the plates 37 and 38 wh -n the trunk sections are closed as shown in Fig. 3. lVe-aring plates 39 are secured to the trunk section 10 opposite the catches 19 to engage the plate 38 as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The drawers 13 are adapted to be locked in the trunk section 10 by means of forwardly extending projections 40 upon a slidably mounted bar 41, the projections 40 being provided with notches 40 adapted to receive the backs of the drawers in the manner indicated in Fig. 4. The lower edges of the projections 40 are beveled or inclined adjacent the notches 40 as indicated at 41 to permit the drawers to be pushed into locked position when the trunk sections are open and after the lock 31 has been looked as indicated in Fig. 5. The bar 41 when elevated by forcing in the drawer against the beveled edge 41 will be returned to locking position by its own weight as soon as the back edge of the drawer is positioned immediately under the notch 40*. The bar 41 is held and guided by the straps 42 as indicated in Fig. 1- and is adapted to be reciprocated by means of a lever 43 pivoted at 44 to a plate 45 secured upon the trunk section 10 as indicated in Fig. 1. One end of the lever 43 is pivotally connected to a pin 46 secured to the bar 41 while the other end is connected at 47 to a lever 48 pivoted at 49 to a plate 50 on the trunk section 10. The lever 48 is also pivotally connected to the bar 20 as indicated at 51. The end of the lever 43 which is pivoted upon the pin 46 is provided with a notch 43 in which the pin is seated, the latter being free to move upwardly within the notch without movement of the lever when the bar 41 is elevated by pushing one of the drawers 1.3 into locked position as previously explained; The cleat 17 is cut away as indicated at 52 to allow for ends the up and down movement of the connected of the levers 43 and 48 and at this i point a back cleat' 5 3 is also cut for the same purpose as indicated at 54. The operation of my improved locking mechanism is as follows: WVith the locking bars in the position shown in Fig. 1 and the trunk sections 10 and ll'closed, by elevating the lock 31 from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 5, the sliding bar 20 and the catches thereon will be forced downwardly by the arm 26 and the link 22 until the catches are in locking engagement with the pins 36 as shown in Fig. 4. At the same time the levers 43 and 48 move on their respective pivots 44 and 49, the outer end of the lever 43 moving downwardly to permit the bar 41 to drop until the projections 40 engage and lock the drawers 13 in the manner illustrated in Fig. 4. To release the trunk and drawer locking mechanism it is only necessary to move the lock 31 from the position shown in Fig. 5 back to that shown in Fig. 2 thereby simultaneously unlocking the trunk proper and the drawers 13 within the trunk.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention I do not wish to be limited to the exact description set forth as it is obvious that certain variations may be made in the several parts of the structure without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with a case comprising relatively movable sections, one of which is provided with a drawer and means for sin'iultaneously locking the'sections and the drawer.

2. The combination with a case comprising relatively movable sections, one of which is provided with a plurality of drawers, of a look upon one of the sections, and means carried by the sections and controlled by the lock for locking said drawers and sections.

3. The combinationwith a case comprising a pair of relatively movable sections, one of which is provided with a plurality of drawers and the other having a projection thereon, a lock carried by one of the sections, means connected with the lock adapted to be moved thereby into locking engagement with said projection and said drawers. 7

4. The combination with a case comprising a pair of relatively movable sections, one of which is provided with a plurality of drawers and the other having a projection thereon, a lock carried by one of the sections, means connected with the lock and adapted to be moved thereby into locking engagement with said projection to efiect the locking of said sections and means connected with and controlled by said last mentioned means for locking said drawers.

5. The combination with a case compris- I for locking said sections and means pivotally connected therewith for locking said drawers.

6. The combination with a case comprising a pair of hinged sections, of a plurality of drawers within the case, a catch, engaging member carried by one of the sections, a movable look upon the other section, a sliding bar movably connected with the lock, a catch upon the bar adapted to interlock with said engaging member upon movement of the lock and locking means for the drawers adapted to be operated by said bar.

7. In a wardrobe trunk, the combination with a wardrobe section, a drawer section hinged thereto and a drawer in the last mentioned section, of interlocking members, one of which is movable relatively to the other, mounted one on each of the trunk sections, and an operating member for adjusting the movablemember, drawer locking mechanism and operating connections between it and said movable member serving to lock the drawer in closed position when the trunk sections are locked together.

8. The combination with two hinged trunk sections, a drawer in one of them and means for locking the drawer in closed position, of a longitudinally movable bar within the section containing the drawer and having hooks thereon, interlocking members on the other section of the trunk cooperating with the hooks, means exterior of the trunk for Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the moving said bar and an operating connection between the bar and the drawer locking means.

9. A trunk comprising two sections, one of which is pivoted to the other, a plurality of drawers slidable in one of said sections, a movable bar, a plurality of devices on the bar adapted to engage the drawers to lock them in closed position, a second movable bar, means thereon adapted to lockingly engage the other trunk section, a swinging lock, means for moving the last mentioned bar to locking position when the lock is swung to locking position, and means operatively connecting said last mentioned bar to the first mentioned bar to move the latter to locking position when the former is moved to locking position.

10. A trunk comprising two hinged sections pivoted to swing to closed position, a plurality of slidable drawers in one of said sections, locking means for said drawers, a sliding bar, means thereon for locking said trunk sections, means connecting said sliding bar and locking means whereby the looking means is moved to locking position when the trunk sections are locked, and a swinging lock for moving said sliding bar.

NORMAN A. REINHARD.

Witnesses:

G. WILLARD RIoH, RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH.

Washington, D. 0.

Commissioner of Patents, 

